Also in Kandahar two Taliban suicide bombers attacked a government intelligence office killing one agent.

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Sandia National Laboratories is working on a bacteria-killing agent to clean contaminated offices.

CNN: Ten things you need to know about anthrax

In 2009, American troops opened fire at a Baghdad airport checkpoint, killing Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari and wounding a just-freed Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, whom Calipari was trying to spirit out of the country.

CNN: Italians ask: Can Americans get away with murder?

Mexican police say they have arrested a suspect in the killing of a US border agent in Arizona in 2010.

BBC: Mexican arrested over US agent 'Fast and Furious' murder